Thursday, December 22, 2016

Princely Family Receives Peace Light

Photo: Tatjana Schnalzger / Liechtensteiner Vaterland / Vaterland.li

Yesterday, the International Peace Light arrived in Liechtenstein and the country's
scouts brought it to the people, among them the Princely Family. A
group of scouts was welcomed at the chapel of Schloss Vaduz
by Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie. Now in its 30th year, the Peace Light from
Bethlehem campaign was originally organised by the Austrian Broadcasting
Company (ORF) and was part of a large charitable relief mission for
children in need in Austria and abroad called Light into Darkness. Since
then it has greatly expanded and the light is now travelling from
Bethlehem, where it is lit by an Austrian child in the Natavity Grotto,
to more than 30 countries each year.